Senior Accountant – Margin Accounting and Reporting

Forged Fiber 37 • Denver, CO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Accountant is responsible for end-to-end margin accounting and reporting for a defined portfolio of customer contracts. This role owns billing and collections for a limited number of customers and ensures accurate revenue recognition, contract accruals, and tracking of related direct costs in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably with contract-based revenue.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including revenue recognition principles.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday).
• Strong analytical capabilities with a detail-oriented mindset.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a high growth environment.

Nice To Haves

• Data Analytics and/or FP&A experience to investigate underlying data or trends and correlation with operational metrics.
• CPA license (or active pursuit of CPA).
• Experience with margin or cost accounting in communications or technology industries.
• Prior involvement in audits and internal controls compliance.
• Background in billing, collections, and customer contract accounting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze detailed margin reporting by customer and contract, including revenue, direct costs, and profitability trends.
• Investigate and explain margin variances versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Support management with margin insights, ad-hoc analyses, and reporting deliverables for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.
• Apply revenue recognition guidance (ASC 606) to customer contracts, ensuring proper timing and measurement of revenue.
• Record and reconcile monthly revenue accruals, deferrals, and contract balances.
• Maintain contract-level schedules supporting revenue, cost, and margin recognition.
• Compile and validate billing data from multiple sources to prepare accurate and timely customer invoices.
• Interpret and apply customer contract terms, pricing schedules, rate structures, and amendments to billing activity.
• Ensure billing aligns with contractual obligations, internal policies, accounting standards and company policies.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve billing disputes and discrepancies.
• Monitor accounts receivable activity for assigned customers and support collection efforts as needed.
• Analyze billing variances, trends, and anomalies across customers and billing periods.
• Research and resolve discrepancies between billed amounts, contract terms, and source data.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and customers to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain detailed billing support files, calculations, and documentation.
• Prepare billing reconciliations and supporting schedules for accounting, audits, and management review.
• Develop recurring and ad-hoc billing reports to support decision-making and performance monitoring.
• Accrue, analyze, and reconcile contract-related direct costs.
• Ensure appropriate matching of costs with related revenues.
• Partner with Operations and Procurement to validate cost data and assumptions.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules for month-end close.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and documentation standards.
• Assist with external audit requests related to revenue, margin, and contract accounting.
• Identify opportunities to improve billing and reporting accuracy, accounting processes, and efficiency.
• Support the development and enhancement of billing controls, procedures, and documentation.
• Assist with system implementations, enhancements, or automation initiatives.
• Serve as a subject-matter resource on margin and contract accounting topics.
• Coordinate with Legal and Operations to clarify contract language and billing requirements.
• Communicate billing changes, adjustments, and corrections to internal teams and customers as needed.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles related to billing, accruals, and revenue processes.

Benefits

• Health
• Life
• Voluntary Lifestyle benefits
• Other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior